March 17, 2008Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!
It is hard to get too angry at a cereal that clearly objectifies and stereotypes my people, when its marshmallows are so magically delicious. St. Patrick’s Day is an excuse for third generation Irish and wanna-be-Irish to binge drink, pick fights, and wear green.
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March 17, 2008As you may have heard, Touchtone Climbing Gym, Class 5 in San Rafael will be closing at the end of March 2008. Their landlord gave them 60 days to move out. The closure means that Marinites that want to have a climbing gym have to trek over to Berkeley. My impression of this place is [...]
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March 17, 2008On February 28th, I attended North Bay Sustainable Business Alliance’s Green Drinks Networking Social. For twenty bucks, you get a drink ticket, finger food, the ability to enter yourself in a raffle, and the opportunity to network with local Green Business people. This is a monthly event held at the Marin Inn in Novato.
The organizers [...]
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March 17, 2008Gary at Bookbeat has let me know that there is Free Wifi over at their place. It is only 15 cents a minute if you use their computers to surf the net. Every Monday night between 7:30 pm and 10:30pm.
I will be checking their wifi access soon.
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March 13, 2008Maven’s Mission
The mission of Marinmaven.com is to encourage Marin residents to engage with all that is Marin. I want Marinites to get out there and enjoy the outdoors, the arts, local politics and volunteerism. What I tell people is that Marinmaven.com is a central place for Marin politics, living, arts, events, activism, and non-profit advocacy. [...]
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March 12, 2008The Lark Theater is going to be showing Johnathan Demme’s 2007 documentary, “Jimmy Carter Man from Plains” on Friday, March 21, 2008. The showtime is to be announced.
From Sony Pictures Classics:
“Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter’s recent controversial book tour [...]
March 12, 2008Turn Yellow Cabs GREEN
Nancy Isles Nation reported in the Marin IJ today that a new taxi service in Marin will use hybrids. The conventional cab company in our area claims that they get 33 MPG which they say is competitive with hybrids (huh?). Studies show fleets like what they use are in the teens when [...]
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March 12, 2008The Marin IJ reported this morning that Marin and the world lost rocker, Chuck Day, after a long illness. Day is best known for the guitar riff from Secret Agent Man from 1966 (the year I was born). He played with the Mamas and the Papas and Johnny Rivers. It turns out he was also [...]
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March 10, 2008MMWD has extended the public comment period for this EIR. Public comments can be submitted via email (desalinationeir@marinwater.org ) or in writing to MMWD, 220 Nellen Ave., Corte Madera, CA 94925. EIR comments are due no later than 4:30 pm, March 28, 2008. All the documents are up for public review.
Patti Newman of San [...]
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March 10, 2008My son and I have had many wonderful memories over at Heart’s Desire in Tomales Park. This place is an ideal place for parents of small children. The blue and gentle shores are perfect for little toes to wade in and the shaded trails are fun for little hikers. We have had birthday parties and [...]
March 10, 2008This coming Saturday, March 15th, Northbay residents will gather in downtown San Rafael to mark five years of War and work for Peace. Activities start at 11am and end at 4pm.
I will be there with my four year old son, to get him involved at an early age with protesting. At home, he has mastered [...]
March 9, 2008The North Bay Business Journal has reported that Disney plans to move its growing Imagemovers Digital 3-D from San Rafael to Hamilton Landing. They will be moving in December 2008. Other tenants include: Smith & Hawken, Oracle, Cytograft Tissue Engineering, Take Two Interactive, Activision Publishing, Halcyon Investment Partners, Clair Mail, Toys for Bob, Marin Community [...]
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